Law & Disorder: Man faces charge of killing acquaintance

Tuesday

Aug 24, 2010 at 2:33 AM

The Times-Union

A Jacksonville man has been charged in the slaying of a recent acquaintance, police said Monday.

Samuel L. Jackson, 22, of the 3600 block of Ring Lane is charged with killing Michael Williams, 39, of the 1200 block of West 32nd Street, said Lt. Larry Schmitt of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office homicide unit.

Police went to Williams' home Aug. 19 after people who knew him reported that he had not been seen in two days. Williams was found dead of a gunshot to the chest. His car and keys were missing.

Police were called the next day to the 600 block of West 21st Street to investigate a suspicious person. The man was identified as Jackson, and police learned the vehicle he was using belonged to Williams.

Schmitt said Jackson had known Williams for several weeks. Investigators, led by homicide detective Karen Dukes, received conflicting stories as to the motive, Schmitt said. No further details were released.

Jackson, who is unemployed, has a prior criminal record that includes a theft conviction.

Jim Schoettler

Two demanding money shot, injured repo man

Shot in the chest and arm by a man who had demanded his money early Saturday, a 37-year-old repo man tried to run away on West 11th Street.

When he fell, the gunman demanded money again, then pistol-whipped the fallen victim.

Police said the victim was in the area of North Davis Street at 6 a.m. searching for a vehicle when he saw one he thought his company had a contract on. He parked his wrecker and was preparing to hook it up when two men in black walked up, one pointing a gun at him and demanding his money. He told the pair he had none.

Afterward, the victim got back to his tow truck and drove to Shands Jacksonville hospital a few blocks away, where officers found him with gunshot wounds and a fractured kneecap, police said.

The victim, who's not being named by the Times-Union because no arrests have been made, remains in serious condition, a hospital spokesman said.

Dan Scanlan

CLAY COUNTY

Woman found in pool may have drowned

Friends of an Orange Park woman who was found unresponsive in a pool then died may have drowned, according to the Clay County Sheriff's Office.

Digna Schleeter, 61, of the 600 block of Robert Livingston Street had been swimming on her back with others at a friend's pool in the 300 block of Gleneagles Drive Friday when she lost consciousness.

One of the seven other women at the house noticed Schleeter was unconscious in the shallow end of the pool. She was taken out of the water but attempts to resuscitate her using cardiopulmonary resuscitation were unsuccessful.

Witnesses told investigators Schleeter had been swimming for about 20 minutes but never showed signs of distress.

Dana Treen

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